Leicester City team are completely unrecognisable from the team that won the EPL last term. The Foxes have lost 3-0 in three of their last
five matches in all competition, with the only non defeat being a 2-2
draw at Pride Park in the original match of this FA Cup tie.
Furthermore, they have only scored one goal in their last seven league
matches. In the previous East Midlands derbies, Leicester have won
three of the last four meetings and five of the last 10, losing just
once.Claudio Ranieri has revealed he will make changes to the
side as he looks to bring fresh legs in ahead of a big run of games in
their bid to beat the drop. The Italian manager could be without Islam
Slimani and Leonardo Ulloa with the latter unlikely to play anyway after
falling out with the club. Midfielder Daniel Amartey is available after
returning from the AFCON duty. New signing Molla Wagué played 90
minutes for the club’s Development Squad on Monday evening, but is
ineligible for this competition.

Derby County team enter this match on the back of a 1-0 narrow defeat to Newcastle
at the weekend. Prior to that they recorded a convincing 3-0 win over
Ipswich Town courtesy of strikes from Tom Ince, Darren Bent and Craig
Bryson. They are 8th in the English Championship table, 3 points outside the top
six. The Rams' away form is hit-and-miss and also their recent trips to
face fellow promotion hopefuls Leeds and Norwich City have ended
in defeat. Furthermore, they have lost each of their last five away
games against Leicester. Manager Steve McLaren has a depleted
squad and will have to reshuffle his pack. Craig Bryson is a major doubt
while midfielder Will Hughes will be a big absences for the Rams as he
has recently joined Max Lowe, James Wilson, Craig Forsyth and George
Thorne on the sidelines. Striker David Nugent could feature after he
injured his knee during on debut against Leeds United in January.